{"id":239374,"date":"2023-04-24T18:42:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=239374"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:00:21","slug":"how-ai-can-help-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-ai-can-help-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI can help the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cHow AI can help the environment\u201d <\/b>published in<b> Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 22nd April 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial Intelligence(AI) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been touted as a powerful tool to help tackle environmental challenges such as climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the ways in which AI can help the environment?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Saving trees with AI: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deforestation and land use changes cause more than 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 A Non-profit organization&#8217;s \u201cGuardian\u201d devices attach acoustic monitoring sensors to trees to detect sounds associated with illegal logging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shrinking the carbon footprint of steel: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Materials such as steel and cement are important components in construction. But they\u2019re also heavy CO2 emitters, making decarbonizing these industries a priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Fero Labs\u2019 AI-driven optimization software learns from historical data to recommend the minimum amount of mined ingredients or alloys required in steel production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cutting energy waste in buildings: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hong Kong, energy use in buildings is responsible for about 60% of the city\u2019s carbon emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 A Design firm has come up with an app called Neuron that uses 5G and Internet of Things sensors to gather real-time data from a building\u2019s energy management system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It then uses an algorithm to analyze this data and optimize the heating and cooling system, as well as make predictions for the building\u2019s future energy demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fighting poaching with algorithms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poaching and habitat destruction caused rhino numbers to dwindle throughout the 20th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 A South Africa-based company has developed AI-enabled bracelets that fit around rhinos\u2019 ankles to help conservation teams easily locate the animals and monitor their behavior in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Smart farming<\/b>: A <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany-based startup has developed an AI system that draws on data from solar-powered sensors monitoring the microclimate around crops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 This data can be used to make precise recommendations about plant health and exactly how much water and fertilizer to use. This can both boost yields and reduce wasted resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><b>Using computers to plot clouds: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renewable energy is a crucial step in transitioning away from fossil fuels. Solar makes up a bigger share of this energy mix. But when clouds move over solar panels, the power supply can suddenly drop off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To overcome this problem, a nonprofit organization has teamed up with the UK\u2019s National Grid to use AI to provide a precise picture of how clouds develop \u2014 the goal being to reduce the reliance on fossil-powered reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cHow AI can help the environment\u201d published in Indian Express on 22nd April 2023 What is the News? Artificial Intelligence(AI) has been touted as a powerful tool to help tackle environmental challenges such as climate change. What are the ways in which AI can help the environment?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-ai-can-help-the-environment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How AI can help the environment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-239374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699915646},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}